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Bobby Womboldt, E-63

Each school and college has its share of tragedies that occur on campus over time. CSDR is no exception, with 72 years of educational...

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Harold Lee Kund (1942-2025)

Harold Kund had his first contact with deaf people when he played basketball in a high school league competition against the Illinois...

Apr 310 min read

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Betty Witczak (Wood) (1928-present)

When Riverside was selected as a new home base for the second California School for the Deaf in 1948, the city had a tiny deaf community...

Mar 96 min read

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Food Services under Only Four Chefs Since 1953

John “Mac” McCaffrey (1953-1957) Working at CSDR from 1953 to 1957, Chief John "Mac" McCaffrey was popular with students and staff. Mac...

Feb 107 min read

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Janelle Johnson, ‘57

The life journey of the school’s first graduating class (the Class of 1956) ended when the last surviving class member, Joni Macfadden,...

Feb 35 min read

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Dr Brill’s Ground Rule: Keep off the Grass

Students and staff from the Brill era (1953 to 1977 and 10 years thereafter) remember the campus rule that nobody can walk on the grass. ...

Feb 22 min read

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Campus Crosswalk Flashing Alert Signals

CSDR has a mixture of old and new buildings as well as old and new technology on campus. If you have not been to campus for 20 years,...

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ABOUT ME

Kevin (Deaf) is a professor emeritus of ASL and Deaf Studies at Palomar College in San Diego County. Although Kevin is retired after 40 years, he continues to teach part-time.

Besides teaching, Kevin is an accomplished writer with four published books in history, language, culture and ethnography. He regularly writes short stories with photographs for the CSDR Old Times with thousands of alumni and retiree subscribers.

Kevin volunteers his time working in the CSDR archives and museum he founded in 1995. He learned the intrinsic values of safeguarding the Deaf culture while growing up at CSD Riverside in the 1970s.

CSDR Old Times is filled with short stories with photographs about California School for the Deaf (CSDR) also included are some stories on archives and CSDR museum.

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